well i dont know if its because they hatched afew days late or what. they act very active and healthy but today when i picked them up for the first time since the day they hatched i noticed that two of them had mucus in there mouth and it worried me, ill see what happens
I have 10 mallard ducklings that are about a week old. i was holding them today and i noticed that 2 of them had clear mucus in there mouth and one of them even had some hanging out of its mouth. i dont know if this is normal or they are sick. all i know is that i have raised alot of...
I have 10 mallard ducklings that are about a week old. i was holding them today and i noticed that 2 of them had clear mucus in there mouth and one of them even had some hanging out of its mouth. i dont know if this is normal or they are sick. all i know is that i have raised alot of...
i just hatched my first batch of mallards this week from my own mallard eggs and they are doing good. i have about the same setup as yours which is working pretty good so i think yours are gona be fine.
good luck
thanks i hope it turns out good. i was a little worried because my agri. teacher said that some would probably hatch out crippled but its better to here from someone who has had it happen.
So i have a LG incubator with an egg turner. i filled it with mallard eggs and for some reason about a week into incubation the egg turner broke and it took me a while to notice it for about 5 days and i thought they were all dead. i decided to leave them in just in case and turn them...
it hatched and is doing good, as are all the rest. i guess it wasnt that big of a deal but since ive never had it happen before it kinda scarred me.
thanks for the advice though
Ive used candle wax to cover up holes made by puncturing the egg with a syringe to inject dye so i can reconize the breed when it hatches. I dont think it was a very good idea to use sented wax and you should have cleaned it with rubbing alcohal before waxing it but DO NOT REDO IT because that...
ive been incubating nacked neck/blue andalusian hybrid eggs and i put in two small batches one week apart in my LG incubator. the first batck hatched 100% succsesfull and the second batch is due tomorrow but 3 out of the 4 are already pipped and one of them is pipped from the wrong end and has...
i have heard that wild and domestic ducklings from the same species wont get along because the wild ones still have instincts. i have 11 mallards and i was gonna put wild mallard eggs under one of the ducks with some of her own eggs but i am worried that the rule applies for mallards. does...